Al Rafah Microfinance Bank, Arab Palestinian Investment Bank to Merge
Ramallah-based Al Rafah Microfinance Bank and the Arab Palestinian Investment Bank have signed a merger agreement to launch a new corporate entity, The National Bank (TNB). The Palestinian Monetary...
View ArticleLast Chance to Vote!
It's your last chance to cast your vote in the Islamic Business & Finance Awards 2012. Voting will close shortly on our website - so now is the time to go to the voting page and make your opinions...
View ArticleMajid Bin Mohammed Inaugurates Dubai SME's National Souq at Wafi
His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, inaugurated the National Souq, a showcase of products from 60 members of Dubai SME, in Wafi...
View ArticleStruggling Ten to Get Relief on Licence Fee
Byline: Ben Holgate and James Chessell Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Government is expected to announce that the commercial TV licence fee rebate...
View ArticleCall for Tougher Capital Rules for Debenture Industry
Byline: George Liondis Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Bendigo & Adelaide Bank CEO Mike Hirst wants stricter capital ratio rules to be applied to the $A4.5bn...
View ArticleDeveloper in Liquidation
Byline: Marianna Papadakis Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New South Wales property developer Southern Constructions will go into liquidation. The company collapsed...
View ArticleCall for Affordability Commission
Byline: Rebecca Thistleton Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) believes that a commission on housing affordability is...
View ArticleGillard 'Cut and Pasted' Slush Fund Rules
Byline: Mark Skulley and Pip Freebairn Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Another part of an interview between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and partners of law firm...
View ArticleMirvac Gets Dallas Brooks Project
Byline: Rebecca Thistleton Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Mirvac Group will build a $A250m residential development and freemason lodge at the Dallas Brooks Hall...
View ArticleOroton Bagged for Executive Pay
Byline: Sue Mitchell Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Investors at the 28 November 2012 AGM of Orotongroup delivered a "first strike" over executive pay. If the "no"...
View ArticleBlueScope Moves against China
Byline: Ayesha de Kretser Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Chinese Government has told the Australian Customs Service it rejects allegations of unfair support...
View ArticleRare Bank Notes in Cash Crisis
Byline: Terry Ingram Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Rare bank notes dealer John Pettit has been placed into voluntary administration, and McGrathNicol been...
View Article'Cliff' Talks Have Resources on Edge
Byline: Tim Binsted Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian sharemarket lost ground on 28 November 2012, with the S&P/ASX 200 easing 9.5 points to close...
View ArticleTressCox Bound for MLC Centre
Byline: Gretchen Friemann and Robert Harley Nov 28, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- TressCox has taken out a nine-year lease for 4,000sq m of office space in the MLC Centre...
View Article-CIMB Plans to Sell Its Stake in Insurance JV with Aviva
Global Banking News-November 28, 2012--CIMB plans to sell its stake in insurance JV with Aviva(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 28 November 2012 Malaysia based...
View ArticleDurable Goods Orders Unchanged in October; Ex-Transportation Rise 1.5%
Byline: Kyle Glazier WASHINGTONA a New orders for manufactured durable goods remained virtually unchanged at $216.9 billion in October, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. The flat report on...
View ArticleTexas Service Sector Activity Expands at a Slower Pace: Dallas Fed
DALLASA a Texas service sector activity expanded in November, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. The TSSOS revenue index dipped from 13.5 to 11.1,...
View ArticleBondFactor Hires S&P's Former Chief Credit Officer
Byline: Robert Slavin Prospective bond-insurer BondFactor has hired Mark Adelson, former chief credit officer at Standard & Pooras. As of Monday Adelson is BondFactoras new chief strategy officer....
View ArticleMissouri Bonds for Prairie State Upgraded
Byline: Yvette Shields Fitch Ratings upgraded the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission revenue bonds issued for the controversial coal-fired Prairie State Energy project one notch to A...
View ArticleOECD Forecasts Trouble on the Horizon
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has cut global growth forecasts and warned that the world could plunge back into recession without decisive action in the United States and...
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